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What is the differance in a motel and a hotel?

Delphyne

Hotels offer full services: restaurant, valet parking, room service, bell staff, concierge etc. Hilton, Embassy Suites, Waldorf, etc.

Motels only offer limited services: typically no room service, no restaurant, no concierge. Hampton Inn, Motel 6, Super 8. etc.

Contrary to what someone else said, Hotels can be one story and Motels can be multi-storied.

kristinhyde

I think Hotels usually have more extra's like a resturant, lounge, health and fitness center etc.

nachosmyman

A motel has one story and a hotel is more than one.

Cluny Brown

Years ago, a motel was designed for those traveling by car. There was only one floor because each room had its own door to the parking lot so people could come and go at all hours without disturbing other guests. Motels were no frills. There might be a restaurant or diner nearby, but that was it.

And hotels back then had at least two floors, and the rooms were accessed from inner hallways. But just because a building was laid out like a hotel didn't mean a quality stay. There have always been flophouses in American cities.

These days, the line is blurred between what constitutes a motel versus a hotel, since both can have amenities like restaurants and swimming pools. But a hotel is more likely to have a gym and meeting rooms, and a motel will always have outside access to rooms, even if there are several floors.

worm

actually they take the hooker to the Motel and your spouse to the Hotel. Weird?

David F

I grew up in the hotel motel business. The difference is the parking. A motel you can park by your room and walk in, a hotel you can't. Thats it.

erickson j

a motel is a place to rest,a hotel is to have a vacation

kthor

Motels = low class hookers ! doopers! smells ! etc

Hotel - High Class hookers - High Class Doopers - doesn't smell

bunny

Back when every body started to get cars, before air travel they traveled accross country in cars. A motel is actually a "motor hotel" geared to these travelers,

Benny D

Motels are usually single level & Hotels are the multi story units!

Pseudo Obscure

The layout of the parking.

Me-She

O.K. PEOPLE, IT's TIME YOU LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY. The first MO-TEL INN was opened by James Vail in 1926 on Route 101, San Luis Obispo, California. Each & every Motel from beginning to end was UNIQUE & many had a theme park atmosphere. They were grand & fun & clean & safe for EVERYONE who was on vacation. In the 50's & 60's I was fortunate to travel across the U.S. by car with my Family. Every summer & holidays we traveled to different destinations & we always stayed at Motor Lodges, aka Motels. Your car was as special as you were & we could even wash our cars for free. It is sad that so many of you know nothing of the joys of a Motel! A Hotel was a corporate chain store for people who wanted to impress others or be pampered by a wait staff. UNFORTUNATELY, the once thriving Motels suffered a severe loss when the Interstate Freeways were completed & this took traffic AWAY from the 2 lane High Ways where most of the overnight campgrounds & Motels were located. Failing business owners sold their Motels to Immigrants who turned them into the filth ridden & run down dumps that they are today. The cost of maintaining the property could not be done without the profits from the customers. In a sense, the immigrants got a bad deal. In reality, the public got a bad deal because we have lost much of our California History with the loss of the Historic Motor Inns, or Motels, as they were commonly called!

sexytrojan

Hotels are much nicer and more expensive than motels.

I'm used to staying at hotels, nice ones, when I travel for work. One day I decided to stay at a motel close to the plant because I had an early meeting.

When I walked up the steps to get to my room, I had a male audience.

When I got to my room, there was abody fluid and alcohol stench. I called housekeeping. They never showed up.

I wanted to use the gas station bathroom down the street instead of the bathroom in my room.

There was no clock. The front desk said to "call them for the time or alarms."

The remote was glued to the nightstand.

citygirl

Motels are for sneaking around with someone other than your spouse or girlfriend because you don't have to walk through a lobby of people you can just pull up to the door. Hotels are strickly business,first class style, with room service and hotels cost more money than motels. I don't think they change the sheets in motels that often so bring your own bedding if you plan on staying in one. Like the other people said in here , the Motels used to be real nice back in the day for long distance travelers that needed to stop and get some sleep before getting on the road again. Just good clean fun, but now they have turned into them short stays for u know who.